Midtown Dickens is releasing its second album, Lanterns, Sept. 16 but are celebrating the release tomorrow night at the Duke Coffeehouse. You can read more about Lanterns and Midtown Dickens in today’s recess.
And to see more of Simeon Law’s photos of the band’s brass-filled practice, click here.
Courtesy Midtown Dickens.
More details concerning the release party for Midtown Dickens’ new album Lantern. Opening the show will be Mount Moriah and Des Ark’s Aimee Argote, doing a solo gig. The album, called a “multimedia package,” contains a CD, vinyl, a download code for a digital copy as well as a 16-page collage/lyric booklet. And there’s the possibility of a free liquid surprise with every copy of the album sold–it sounds like you should get there early.
Doors for the Coffeehouse show are at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9.
We recently got a glimpse at the Coffeehouse’s fall schedule and Duke’s small-but-venerable venue has just released it’s schedule through September. You can check it out at the Coffeehouse Web site and also see it below.
August 2009
8/22 – Freshmen Orientation Party
8/28 – Midtown Dickens CD Release Party ft. Lost in the Trees and more guests
8/29 – Inside Joke (Duke’s Sketch Comedy Group)
The Late Shift – Dance Party [Free]
September 2009
9/05 – Throw Me the Statue, the Brunettes & the Nurses [$10]
9/06 – Sleepy Sun, the Strangers Family Band [$5]
9/11 – Tooth CD Release Party
9/12 – The Daredevil Christopher Wright Tender Fruit [$5]
9/18 – The Sian Alice Group [$8]
9/19 – The Future Kings of Nowhere
9/26 – Starfucker [$7]
As usual, ticket sales are cash only at the door and Duke students get in free. If prices are not listed, they are TBA. Doors are at 8:30 p.m. and shows at 9 p.m.
We’ve already seen Duke Performance’s 2009-10 musical offerings but we’re already getting a sneek preview of some of the Duke University Union and Coffehouse offerings. First, somewhat old news, rising D.C. sensation Wale will grace Duke’s East Campus Quad Aug. 28 after the student activities fair targeted at first-years. Later that night, things get a little more folk and a little more local when Midtown Dickens stops by the Coffeehouse for their CD release party.
Additionally, Islands will grace the Coffeehouse with their presence Nov. 1 in promotion of their third album Vapours, which drops Sept. 22. Who’s secretly hoping Nick Thorburn shows up on Franklin St. the night before?
Check back here for a full Coffeehouse schedule soon.
Two bits of news we are a day late in posting. Bad news first, then good.